Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

RHSA-2012:1365: bind security update

RHSA-2012:1365: bind security update

Severity

8

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

10/10/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

01/31/2013

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the DomainName System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolverlibrary (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); andtools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.A flaw was found in the way BIND handled resource records with a largeRDATA value. A malicious owner of a DNS domain could use this flaw tocreate specially-crafted DNS resource records, that would cause a recursiveresolver or secondary server to exit unexpectedly with an assertionfailure. (CVE-2012-4244)A flaw was found in the way BIND handled certain combinations of resourcerecords. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a recursiveresolver, or an authoritative server in certain configurations, to lockup.(CVE-2012-5166)Users of bind are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, whichcorrect these issues. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named)will be restarted automatically.

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.